Places

Date: 1936-1950

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0070

Description: Contains many letters pertaining to research enquiries on matters such as whakatauaki, moteatea, place names and also book and article enquiries Includes a letter written by Ngata to the New Zealand Listener, on the topic of "Maori moving to the cities". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1883-1924

By: Houston, John, 1891-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-5673

Description: Includes whakapapa from Taranaki and Waikato and also on Ruaputahanga; also contains waiata, karakia and tauparapara from Taranaki; also includes diary entries, court expenses and the names of people involved in voting for Runanga members; these accounts are handwritten by Tinirau Ariki and Marereira Wiremu; also contains an account of a meeting between Tuatahi and Titokowaru; also contains a story entitled 'Te Kainga o Uenuku Ko Ratamaru' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol, ca 90 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; ¼ red cloth, marbled boards)

Date: 9-27 Feb 1836

By: Colenso, William, 1811-1899

Reference: MSX-3562

Description: The first part of the book is a diary which ranges from 9-27 Feb 1836, which provides a fairly detailed account of activities and events during his time with the Maori, while travelling around the north (Tai Tokerau). The other end of the book includes a pencil map marking areas from Whangarei to Pahi and lists of Maori words and phrases with English equivalents. Source of title - Supplied Missionary, printer, explorer, naturalist, politician Quantity: 1 volume(s) (40 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Contains small pencil sketches and two pencil sketched maps of the Whangarei/Kawakawa areas.

Date: 1861-1867, 1876

By: Taylor, Basil Kirke (Rev), 1831-1876

Reference: Micro-MS-0841

Description: Journeys around the Wanganui district ministering to Maori; records of baptisms, marriages and burials; military engagement at Moturoa 15 May 1864; meeting near Taumarunui between Wanganui, Waikato and Taupo Maori Feb 1876; observations on Maori customs, flora and fauna and nature of country traversed; Maori vocabulary; sketches Source of title - Supplied title Rev Basil Taylor was the son of Rev Richard Taylor Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 170 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1877-1890

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 79-027-07

Description: Papers on various topics including the starch factory at Greytown, dam building, treeplanting, Maori vocabulary, ploughing, harrowing, farm estimates, wool shipments and carpentry (1877-1879); letters (1879); invoices; `Spithead review' (1890); plans for work bench; advice on the use of jacks; Capt James Stevens' account of his shipwreck in 1875; article on England as a third rate power (1881) Also handbill `Replies to slanders from "Star" Office in paper called "Something further"' on a political debate about the merits of Buchanan and the demerits of Bunny Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 1865

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2472

Description: Explanations of various Maori proverbs and sayings; most material supplied by Mohi Turei. Includes a loose sheet titled Days of Moon's age, by Hoeta Kukumomo of Whangaroa. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - Days of moon's age Quantity: 1 volume(s) (29 numbered pages, ca 100 blank). Physical Description: Holograph (19cm, marbled end-papers, ¼ black roan, marbled boards, ¼ brown morocco slip case brown linen) Finding Aids: Includes index at front.

Date: 1934-1940

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-60

Description: Includes Native Land Court documents of the Wellington region; newspaper cuttings dealing with major and minor issues of the period including the Report of the Native Affairs Commission and Apirana Ngata; tributes and obituaries, horse racing, comic caption competitions, Maori land settlements of the time, articles on brothels, concerts, Maori history, New Zealand flora and fauna Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [198-]

By: Barnes, Olive Dorothy, active 1973

Reference: MSX-8060

Description: Typescript draft of a guide to New Zealand placenames and meanings. Each entry includes the postal district and location for the place, suburb or town mentioned. Also included is a descriptive meaning for each location. Some entries have been annotated at a later point in ink. Throughout the volume are examples of postmarks from New Zealand post offices. Many of the placenames cited are historic in origin, for example: Zalatown, which is a ghost town near Lyell. The inside cover depicts sketches of New Zealand Post Office buildings, old and new. Also included with the work is a useful bibliography. Source of title - Transcribed from item Other Titles - What's in a name? Origins and meanings of the place names used by the New Zealand Post Office. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with mss annotations

Date: 1844

By: Shortland, Edward, 1812?-1893

Reference: qMS-1800

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (30 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; ¼ dark green morocco)

Date: [ca 1953-1972]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/10H

Description: Articles about pounamu and setting up museums, also includes a manuscript for "The bullocky and tangi" by Leo Fowler, as well as an article he wrote fpr the New Zealand Herald "The teaching of Maori in schools" and an accompanying letter from the Associate Editor of the newspaper [1972]. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1938-1972]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-6/08

Description: Scant notes mainly relating to Maori vocabulary surrounding such themes as such as `Weapons', `Barter', 'Early Maori and European influence' including a Maori name for Cook 'Te Paia' owing to circumstance of his calling 'fire' at Poverty Bay. Language - Some scant records relating to Maori vocabulary Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1970s

From: Awatere, Arapeta (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1910-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6152-4

Description: Contains detailed notes by Awatere about various features of Maori orthography, pronunciation and grammar, which refer frequently to the work of Bruce Biggs; also contains poetry, waiata and karakia, discussions of Maori proverbs, vocabulary lists; and an invitation to the Kingitanga to attend a hui at Ruatoria Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1903-1939

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-62

Description: Includes articles, pictures and other material on Maori history, health, and religion as well as geography, language, science and volcanology Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1870

By: Williams, William Leonard, 1829-1916

Reference: MS-2492

Description: Contains notes about the history of the Hauhau movement, notes about the history of the Ringatu movement, with biographical notes about Te Kooti's revelations, and notes about the movement based around Himiona Te Orinui at Maketu; Also contains notes on Maori words and language Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) [ca 60 pages]. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (16cm, stiff black wraps, blue edges, ¼ brown morocco, brown buckram)

Date: 1903-1930s

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-63

Description: Includes material on Maori history, geography, science, health, language, placenames, prose, poetry, waiata, New Zealand flora and fauna, the transpacific migration of the Maori, personalities, `Problems of the Maori', `Should Maori have equal rights like Europeans?', religion, Maori artifactual preservation, land claims and Maori art Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (some with holograph annotations)

Date: 1819-1853

By: King, John, 1787-1854

Reference: qMS-1111

Description: Comprises reports to CMS secretary on journey to Hokianga (1819); to Thomas Kendall on teaching, twine spinning and flaxdressing (1820); to secretary on English-Maori dictionary and its usefulness (1822); to CMS secretary re request for psalters and prayer books and death of Mrs King (1851); survey after 37 years at Bay of Islands, death of Mrs King, Maori wars and their effects (1852); letter to Central Committee NZ re expenses of Mrs King's death and fences round property; piece on beginning his 40th year (1853); and his journals (1819-1834) Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Further papers of John King at Micro-MS-0305 King was an evangelist and missionary among the Maori for the CMS Quantity: 1 volume(s) (113 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs (photocopies) (38 cm, turquoise buckram)

Date: [19--]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries

Reference: MS-Papers-0261-35/2

Description: Notes taken from published and manuscript sources mainly concerning pre-history, Horowhenua, Waikaremoana, Kapiti (Otaki), and Wairoa districts. Includes extracts from Otaki Land Court minute books, Old Wairoa, Horowhenua Commission, and the Polynesian Society Journal. Also includes whakapapa copied from Mitchell's "Takitimu", with some notes; and extracts from the report of Charles H Kettle (assistant surveyor to the New Zealand Co.) regarding the Manawatu, Wairarapa and Hutt Vally districts. Kettle was guided by the Ngati Raukawa chief Te Ahukaramu. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 vol).

Date: 1926-1942

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-17

Description: Includes material on Maori language, place names, street names, Maori poems, proverbs, karakia, whakapapa and the Treaty of Waitangi; also includes some personal correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some with ms annotations) Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.

Date: 1842 - 1872

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/77

Description: Contains a certificate of confirmation of Himiona Tangata as a lay teacher, various notes about the Maori language, including a Maori-English vocabulary and translations of various prayers and text, land transfer deeds (for the establishment of churches at Wanganui and Waikanae), progress reports on Maori children at church schools Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1894-1930

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-271

Description: The correspondence with Tamati Ranapiri, 1894-1895 (3), deals with Polynesian Society business, traditional bird-catching practices and information about various Maori words and expressions; the correspondence with Rimini, 1893 (2), deals with Polynesian Society business, Te Arawa whakapapa and history and pa associated with the Tapuika people. Also contains a 1903 letter from G H Robinson, and four letters, undated, from Joshua Rutland. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 pieces).